Author: Oriol Vilanova
Installation. Metal postcard holder, motor, aluminium base, owl postcards, 175x52x52 cm, unique work.
Installation. Metal postcard holder, motor, aluminium base, orange postcards, 175x52x52 cm.
“Celebración is a postcard that rotates mechanically at a continuous speed, dedicated to a series of postcards, be they oranges or owls. The postcard emits a central light filtered by the postcards, drawing hypnotic shadows that stain de walls of the room. With movement it becomes a pre-cinematographic apparatus. Kinetic images that escape us no matter how hard we try, without seeing them in detail. We sense them, but to complete them we must resort to our imagination. Celebración is an attraction of simple technology, an anachronistic invention without looking for great effects. Sensitive to the illusionism of the 19th century. Without pause, at a moderate speed, trying to maintain a certain feeling of continuity. With difficulty not finishing anything and without wanting to have the las word”, Oriol Vilanova, text courtesy Galería Elba Benítez.